diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/network/garnet2.0/CommonTypes.hh b/src/mem/ruby/network/garnet2.0/CommonTypes.hh
index 94aa600..643ce8c 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/network/garnet2.0/CommonTypes.hh
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/network/garnet2.0/CommonTypes.hh
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@
 
 struct RouteInfo
 {
+    RouteInfo()
+        : vnet(0), src_ni(0), src_router(0), dest_ni(0), dest_router(0),
+          hops_traversed(0)
+    {}
+
     // destination format for table-based routing
     int vnet;
     NetDest net_dest;
diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/network/garnet2.0/Credit.cc b/src/mem/ruby/network/garnet2.0/Credit.cc
index 3e56b4e..bde9484 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/network/garnet2.0/Credit.cc
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/network/garnet2.0/Credit.cc
@@ -37,11 +37,9 @@
 // and m_is_free_signal (whether VC is free or not)
 
 Credit::Credit(int vc, bool is_free_signal, Tick curTime)
+    : flit(0, vc, 0, RouteInfo(), 0, nullptr, 0, 0, curTime)
 {
-    m_id = 0;
-    m_vc = vc;
     m_is_free_signal = is_free_signal;
-    m_time = curTime;
     m_type = CREDIT_;
 }